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to get blood out of / from a stone—sacar agua de las piedras
trying to get information from him is like trying to get blood out of a stone—a él hay que sacarle la información con sacacorchos / con tirabuzón
you can't get blood out of a stone—no se le puede pedir peras al olmo
to get sb's blood up
it gets my blood up to see so much injustice—se me sube la sangre a la cabeza cuando veo tanta injusticia
to taste blood—probar el sabor de la victoria
before nounblood alcohol/sugar—concentración de alcohol/azúcar en la sangre
blood cell / corpuscle—glóbulo
blood plasma—plasma sanguíneo
blood serum—suero sanguíneo
blood supply—riego sanguíneo
blood temperature—temperatura del cuerpo
2
(lineage, family)
sangre femenino
of noble/Spanish blood—de sangre noble/española
it runs in their blood—lo llevan en la sangre
before nounblood tie—lazo de sangre
we're not blood relations—no me toca de nada
He openly supported the Jewish cause during the Arab revolt in Palestine though there was not a drop of Jewish blood in his veins.
And although his parents were from Jamaica, James says he has Chinese blood in his family.
His mother was of Dutch extraction, so he had not a drop of English blood in his veins.
He really makes me believe sometimes he has Mediterranean blood in him!
Experts believe that his father's position helped him to ascend the throne, since there was no royal blood in his family.
None but those of German blood may be members of the nation.
People still speak in terms of belonging by ‘blood’; a person is seen to have Russian blood, Jewish blood, Armenian blood, or a mixture of ethnic bloods.
He was from a mean family, and an ignorant bum, but his friend was from a noble blood.
They haven't got a drop of Aboriginal blood in their veins but by crikey they're able to get some attention.
verbo transitivo
1
(initiate)
iniciar
Before becoming full-time terrorists, they were blooded by participation in a shooting or armed robbery used to obtain funds.
It also affords him an opportunity to blood a number of promising young players.
But we know that the real special people, the people who were blooded in Chechnya and also in Bosnia and in other places, they're here, Larry.
A new generation is being blooded in sectarian hatred.
He was blooded in national politics as his father's ambassador to the rightwing Christians in the 1992 election.
Smith is also making use of his honeymoon to introduce a controversial rotation system designed to blood a new generation of players.
After blooding youth last week four young players have been dropped.
Luke is the ninth new player we have blooded this year.
In doing so, they've blooded players of a newer generation, yet many of the old hands were most central to last Sunday's win.
But this year they have blooded some excellent young players who have very bright futures.
Generally, I feel that we've made huge strides this year while also blooding a lot of young players.
Injuries to key players have meant youngsters being blooded probably a bit too early but with experience they can only improve.
Veteran commanders consider any unit that has not been blooded to be unreliable, because even well-trained soldiers can react unpredictably to the horrors of combat.
His troops were blooded in putting down a series of Triad risings in Hunan in 1853.
They blooded some new players and over the season they provided some wonderful entertainment and brilliant football.
New players have been blooded and a new order established.
I remember at the time there were question marks about him bringing in so many young players, blooding them and getting a Triple Crown out of them.
I was politically blooded in the Black Panthers back in 1970 when I was 18.
I get sick of hearing that because several young players were blooded last year, this must bode well for the comeback.
The Canadians had been blooded in a failed raid further up the coast at Dieppe in 1942, which cost 3,000 casualties.
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(hunting)
(hounds)encarnar
(hounds)encarnizar
Hunters deny that cub-hunting is about blooding of hounds.
This relates to the practice of blooding young hounds on fox cubs to whet their appetite for hunting.
It was not an uncommon thing to blood hounds, and with regard to the question of cruelty, if they argued from elemental principles, all sport was cruel.